On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers were 0 for 3. Now, they'll be spending the rest of the postseason at home.

Green Bay, which lost just six fumbles in its first 16 games, lost three to the visiting New York Giants in the NFC divisional playoffs. The Packer receivers combined to drop eight passes. And Aaron Rodgers threw just his seventh interception of the season.

That cavalcade of mistakes helped the Giants roll to a 37-20 win, as the Packers' dream season had a nightmarish finish.

"We just turned the ball over too many times to win," Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "Got to give them credit, they play well on defense, they had a good plan, but we had a lot of chances to execute and didn't do it.

"We put our defense in a tough spot a couple times, and that's why our season is over."

Green Bay's offense scored the second-most points in NFL history this season (560) thanks largely to a red-hot quarterback, a brilliant group of receivers and sure-handed skill players.

You wouldn't have known that from the Packers' final outing of 2011.

The Packers, who were second in the league in turnover differential at plus-24, had four turnovers in a game for the first time since Oct. 3, 2010. Rodgers had his lowest passer rating (78.5) in a full game since Oct. 31, 2010. And the receivers acted as if the ball had been dunked in grease.

"Frankly, I think the biggest thing was the self-inflicted wounds," Packer coach Mike McCarthy said. "The dropped balls. I don't know how many first downs we had. We left some yards on the field. We had some opportunities to make plays."

What was most stunning in the loss was Green Bay's carelessness with the football.

Fullback John Kuhn, running back Ryan Grant and Rodgers all lost fumbles.

Green Bay finished minus-3 in the turnover department for just the third time in 104 games under McCarthy. Not surprisingly, the Packers are now 0-3 in those games.

"We did not do a very good job handling the football," McCarthy said. "Turnover ratio is something that we don't lose very often."

That's for sure.

In 96 regular season games under McCarthy, the Packers have won the turnover battle 54 times (56.3%) and been even in another 16 games (16.7%). Green Bay lost the turnover battle in just 26 games (27.0%).

The Packers haven't been quite as good in the postseason, where they had lost the turnover battle in four of McCarthy's first seven playoff games. Overall, though, Green Bay was plus-2 in turnover differential in those games.

On Sunday, the Packers bottomed out in the game's most critical area.

Kuhn's fumble late in the first half set up a Lawrence Tynes field goal that gave the Giants a 13-10 lead.

On Green Bay's first drive of the second half, Rodgers pump faked and had Greg Jennings wide open for a 30-yard touchdown. But a split second before Rodgers could release the ball, he was sacked by Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora.

Then with the Packers trailing, 23-13, midway through the fourth quarter, Ryan Grant went 10 yards with a swing pass before fumbling. Chase Blackburn returned the ball 40 yards to the Packers' 4-yard line, and one play later New York had a 30-13 lead.

"We didn't get it done," Grant said. "We didn't make plays when we had opportunities; we turned the ball over. Across the board, we just weren't in sync.

"It's not a shock when you do that type of stuff because that'll get you beat, regardless of whatever type of offense you have. They outplayed us."

Green Bay's receivers had a brutal day, as well. Tight end Jermichael Finley continued to struggle. Jennings had a touchdown graze off his fingers. Jordy Nelson, James Starks, Tom Crabtree and Grant all dropped balls.

"It was just one of those days," Finley said. "I ain't God, so I couldn't tell you why we were out of sync today. We just didn't play our style for ball."

Per usual, Green Bay's defense was a mess.

The Packers were plagued by busted coverages, sloppy tackling and an inability to get off the field on third down. The Giants even hit a 37-yard Hail Mary touchdown to Hakeem Nicks on the final play of the first half.

"No excuses," McCarthy said. "We practiced well. There's nothing in the preparation that led me to believe that this was going to occur today."

There wasn't a lot of data suggesting these Packers were about to implode. But that's exactly what happened in what became a Giant debacle.

"It sucks, that's all you can say," receiver Jordy Nelson said. "You're at a loss for words. We had one goal in mind and that was to win the Super Bowl.

"When you don't do that, you had an OK season. You didn't have a good season."